280 DISEASES OF CATTLE. 



some persons, to depend upon hollow horn and wolf in tho 

 tail, and they have consequently cut the tail, and bored the 

 horns of the poor dumb brute. 



Foul Claw. — Foul in the Foot. This is a sore betv:cen 

 the digital spaces, and is caused by the animal stand^n'^ in 

 mud and moisture, which scalds the parts, and prodiices 

 lameness. 



Treatment. Cleanse out -with a hair rope or by some 

 other means, and apply sulphate of zinc, one drachm ; 

 water, half a pint. Keep the feet dry and clean, which 

 will not only assist the cure, but is a preventiv^e also. 



Gangrene of the Tail. — Gangrena Caudce Fjyizootlca. 

 This is not, as yet, at all events, an American disease, bvit 

 is of frequent occurrence among the cows of contineiAal 

 Europe. This fact, however, I believe to be the only wae 

 reason why we in Pennsylvania Avill persist that cows h^ve 

 wolf in the tail, accompanied with an empty horn. 

 Cause. Unknown. ' 



Symptoms. We are told by Hering and Rychner that 

 the tail becomes paralyzed, its skin soft, swollen, and filled 

 with water at its end, and.when opened, a bad smelling 

 ichor is discharged. The disease spreads upwards, where 

 finally separation of the tail takes place, leaving the animal 

 without one. 



Garget Mammitis. — Inflammation of the udder in 

 coAvs is often of a very troublesome character. It occurs 

 shortly after calving, and in some instances not for a week 

 or two after. The inflammation is usually confined to one 

 quarter of the udder only, and may be of an acute, or 

 chronic character. 



Cause. Want of proper attention in not milking the 

 eow sufficiently after calving, and in many cases by uot 



